That result guarantees the girls in green their best ever World Cup finish, but Fiona Coghlan and her team-mates are hungry for more and will be out to avenge their Six Nations defeat at Twickenham when they meet England in Wednesday's semi-finals (kick-off 6pm local time/5pm Irish time).

The Ireland-England clash at Stade Jean Bouin will be broadcast live on TG4 and Sky Sports 4, with Michael Corcoran and former Ireland international Fiona Steed providing commentary on RTÉ 2fm.

The Pool A decider between England and Canada ended in a 13-13 draw, a result which meant that four-time defending champions New Zealand could not reach the semi-finals - the first time the Black Ferns have failed to reach the last-four in WRWC history.

Canada, who finished behind England on points differential, had to wait a few hours for the outcome of France's Pool C decider with Australia to be confirmed as the best runners-up, but les Bleues' 17-3 win means the two sides will face off in the other semi-final on Wednesday.

Looking forward to facing England on Sunday, Ireland winger Tommy Bowe said: "We've trained very well this week, we're really excited about the game. It's about going out there and doing whatever we can to get ourselves that win."

Second row Devin Toner previews Ireland's crunch RBS 6 Nations clash with England, saying: "It's a pretty formidable English pack. Attwood and Kruis have played fantastically well. They're well drilled and focused and their scrum and lineout are very good."

Looking forward to facing England this weekend, Ireland back rower Sean O'Brien said: "It's obviously exciting, but it's one game at a time. I don't think there's any more pressure on us than in the first two games. That's the way you have to look at it."

Irish Rugby TV sat down with Ireland Under-20 scrum coach John Fogarty to talk about the U-20 Six Nations so far and Friday's clash with England at Donnybrook. Tickets are on sale on www.ticketmaster.ie.

Shane Byrne and Malcolm O'Kelly preview the Ireland v England Legends match which takes place at Donnybrook this coming Saturday (kick-off 7.30pm). Tickets are available from www.ticketmaster.ie. All proceeds from the game will go to support the IRFU Charitable Trust and the RFU All Schools Charity.

Watch highlights from the Ireland team announcement press conference as Joe Schmidt reveals the team to play France. Peter O'Mahony says it is good to 'have some big figures back' for Saturday's clash.